MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

13.06.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LUK FOOK DIAMOND CO. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

3/F., Luk Fook Jewellery Centre, 239 Temple Street, Jordan, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.11.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

36178970

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Diamond and Jewellery Trader. All kinds of diamonds, jewellery, pearls, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

30.  (Including associates)

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 


NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2011)

Current Rating

(31.03.2012)

Hong Kong

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


Company name and address

 

LUK  FOOK  DIAMOND  CO.  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       3/F., Luk Fook Jewellery Centre, 239 Temple Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            2308 1218

 

FAX:                 2374 1696

 

E-MAIL:            group@lukfook.com.hk

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Au Kwok Kau

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             2nd November, 2005.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$10,000,000.00

Issued:              HK$6,120,000.00

 

Business Category:        Diamond and Jewellery Trader.

 

Luk Fook Group Revenue:  HK$8,091,121,000  (Year ended 31-03-2011)

 

Employees:                   30.  (Including associates)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Good.


ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

3/F., Luk Fook Jewellery Centre, 239 Temple Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Companies:-

Luk Fook China (B.V.I.) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Wing Hang Diamond Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

China Gems Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong.

China Gems Testing Centre (Macau) Ltd., Macau.

Fancy Trend Investment Ltd., Hong Kong.

Guang Xi Fu Chuan Wing Hang Co. Ltd., China.

Guangzhou Ziao Wing Diamond Co. Ltd., China.

Ice Collection (International) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Jewellworld.com Ltd., British Virgin Islands.

Jewellworld.com Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Bullions Dealers Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Corporate Gift (International) Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Diamond Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Finance Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Holdings Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Jewellery & Goldsmith (Canada) Ltd., Canada.

Luk Fook Jewellery & Goldsmith (HK) Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Luk Fook Jewellery & Goldsmith (Macao) Co. Ltd., Macau.

Luk Fook Jewellery & Goldsmith (USA) Co. Ltd., USA.

Luk Fook Jewellery & Goldsmith (USA-NY) Co. Ltd., USA.

Luk Fook Jewellery (Beijing) Co. Ltd., China.

Luk Fook Jewellery (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., China.

Max Forum Development Ltd., Hong Kong.

Maxigood (Guangzhou) Jewellery Co. Ltd., China.

Maxigood Diamond (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

Wing Hang Diamond (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

Wing Hang Diamond Cutting Works Ltd., Hong Kong.

Wing Hang Diamond Cutting Works, China.

Wing Hang Jewellery Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.  (Same address)

Wing Ziao Diamond Cutting Works, China.

etc.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

36178970

 


COMPANY FILE NUMBER 

 

1005062

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Au Kwok Kau

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000,000.00 (Divided into 10,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$6,120,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 02-11-2011)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Luk Fook China (B.V.I.) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

3,060,000

Wing Hang Diamond Co. Ltd. Hong Kong.

 

3,060,000

 

 

––––––––

 

Total:

6,120,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 02-11-2011)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

PONG Hang King, Alfred

Flat B, 15/F., Braemar Hill Mansions, 29 Braemar Hill Road, Hon Kong.

 

WONG Chuen Chung, Argo

Flat D, 6/F., Fu Bon Court, Fortress Gardens, 32 Fortress Hill Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

 

WONG Wai Sheung

Flats C & D, 37/F., Tower 17, Laguna Verde, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

AU Kwok Kau

Flat F, 55/F., Block 5, Metro Town, 8 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong.

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 02-11-2011)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

Luk Fook China (B.V.I.) Ltd.,

Luk Fook Jewellery Centre, 239 Temple Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 2nd November, 2005 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Diamond and Jewellery Trader.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of diamonds, jewellery, pearls, etc.

 

Employees:                   30.  (Including associates)

 

Commodities Imported:   Imported from Africa, Russia, India, Israel, Belgium, Tahiti, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Japan, etc.

 

Markets:                       US, Europe, Taiwan, China and other Southeast Asian countries.

 

Luk Fook Group Revenue:-

HK$2,903,742,000  (Year ended 31-03-2007)

HK$3,455,471,000  (Year ended 31-03-2008)

HK$3,959,227,000  (Year ended 31-03-2009)

HK$5,386,432,000  (Year ended 31-03-2010)

HK$8,091,121,000  (Year ended 31-03-2011)

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:                Various terms.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$10,000,000.00 (Divided into 10,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$6,120,000.00

 


Luk Fook Group Profit Attributable to Shareholders:-

HK$198,059,000  (Year ended 31-03-2007)

HK$313,989,000  (Year ended 31-03-2008)

HK$275,160,000  (Year ended 31-03-2009)

HK$531,484,000  (Year ended 31-03-2010)

HK$866,216,000  (Year ended 31-03-2011)

 

Profit or Loss:                Business is profitable.

 

Condition:                      Keeping in an active and satisfactory condition.

 

Facilities:                      Making very active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      So far so good.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                         Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 6,120,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Luk Fook Diamond Co. Ltd. is equally owned by Luk Fook China (B.V.I.) Ltd. and Wing Hang Diamond Co. Ltd., both are Hong Kong-registered firms.

The former is a member of the Luk Fook Group [Luk Fook/Group].

Luk Fook is one of the leading jewellery retailers in Hong Kong and the PRC.  The Group was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in May 1997, with stock code “00590.HK”.  Luk Fook was founded by a group of experienced jewellery specialists.

The Group principally is engaged in sourcing, designing, wholesaling and retailing of a variety of platinum and gold jewelleries, gold ornaments, gem‑set jewelleries, natural jadeites, gemstones and other accessory items, with a total of over 890 retail outlets across the PRC, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, the United States and Canada.

Since the establishment of the first retail outlet in the PRC in 1994, the total number of outlets located in the PRC has rapidly grown to over 840 by now.  While the Group has installed many retail outlets in the first and second tier cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it is also keen on branching out in promising third and fourth tier cities for further expansion in the PRC.

In order to further enhance cost effectiveness and production efficiency, the Group has established its own jewellery processing plant.  In 2003, the Group set up a large-scale jewellery processing plant in Panyu, Guangzhou, the PRC, with a total site area of over 350,000 square feet.  The plant’s phase II construction has commenced and is expected to complete by October 2012. The total plant production capacity will double upon full operation.  The expanded production scale will also help the Group cope with its enlarging retail network and provide stable jewellery supply to its jewellery retail outlets.  The jewellery processing plant attained ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems - Requirements and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certifications in 2008 and 2009 respectively for its international level quality assurance system and professionally recognized product quality standard.

Wing Hang Diamond Co. Ltd. [Wing Hang] was incorporated in November 1999 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wing Hang Holdings Ltd. which is a BVI-registered firm.

Founded in 1975, Wing Hang started as a small diamond trading company having just eight employees.  With prudent management, Wing Hang has established a rather strong foothold in the global diamond wholesaling industry offering a wide range of products in order to meet the demands of its customers.  Headquartered in Hong Kong, Wing Hang has set up its own production facilities and is currently employing about 1,500 staff members in cutting and polishing plants in the Mainland China.  Its plants are located in Conghua, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and Fuchuan, Guangxi. 

Wing Hang also has got some contracted factories engaged in diamonds polishing and cutting which includes the factories of Luk Fook.

For the year ended 31st March 2011, the Luk Fook’s total revenue was approximately HK$8,091,121,000, which represented a 50% growth as compared to HK$5,386,432,000 in the previous year.  Profit attributable to shareholders grew by 63% to approximately HK$866,216,000 from HK$531,484,000 of last year.  Operating profit margin improved from 11.8% in last year to 12.7% in this year.

The revenue of the Group for the six months ended 30th September 2011 grew 68.8% from HK$3,264,477,000 previous year to approximately HK$5,511,437,000.  Profit attributable to shareholders was approximately HK$719,630,000, which represented a 125.0% growth as compared to HK$319,770,000 in the previous year.

During the period of the six months ended 30th September 2011, the Group opened 81 new retail outlets (including 68 licensee shops and 13 self-operated shops) in the PRC.  As at 30th September 2011, the Group had a total of 780 retail outlets (including licensee shops) globally with 738 in the PRC, 31 in Hong Kong, 6 in Macau, 1 in Singapore, 2 in the United States and 2 in Canada.

For the six months ended 30th September 2011, the Group had 3,560 employees.

The subject is fully supported by Wing Hang and Luk Fook.

On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.


DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA

 

-          From time immemorial, India is well known in the world as the birthplace for diamonds.  It is difficult to trace the origin of diamonds but history says that in the remote past, diamonds were mined only in India. Diamond production in India can be traced back to almost 8th Century B.C.  India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18th Century when Brazilian fields were discovered in 1725 followed by emergence of S. Africa, Russia and Australia.

-          The achievement of the Indian diamond industry was possible only due to combination of the manufacturing skills of the Indian workforce and the untiring and unflagging efforts of the Indian diamantaires, supported by progressive Government policies.

-          The area of study of family owned diamond businesses derives its importance from the huge conglomerate of family run organizations which operate in the diamond industry since many generations.

-          Some of the basic traits of family run business enterprises include spirit of entrepreneurship, mutual trust lowers transaction costs, small, nimble and quick to react, information as a source of advantage and philanthropy.

-          Family owned diamond businesses need to improve on many fronts including higher standard of corporate governance, long-term performance – focused strategies, modern management and technology.

-          The diamond jewellery industry in India today may be more than Rs 60000 mil and is rated amongst the fastest growing  in the world. Indi ranks third in the world in domestic diamond consumption.

-          Utmost caution is to be exercised while dealing with some medium and large diamond traders which are usually engaged in fictitious import – export, inter-company transactions, financially assisted by banks. In the process, several public sector banks lost several hundred million rupees. They mostly diverted borrowed money for diamond business into real estate and capital markets.

-          Excerpts from Times of India dated 30th October 2010 is as under –

 

DIAMOND SAGA – DIRTY DOZEN STUCK WITH 2K CR DEBT

This could be the biggest credibility crisis the Indian diamond industry has ever faced. Fifteen banks run the risk of losing Rs 2000 crore lent to a dozen diamond firms in Surat. Until about two months ago, they had not repaid  these dues. Bankers believe many diamantaires borrowed money during the economic downturn two years ago and diverted funds to businesses like real estate and capital markets. Many of themselves made money from these businesses but their diamond companies have gone sick and declared insolvency.

-          Most of the money borrowed from the banks in the name of their diamond business has been diverted in real estate and the share market. The banks are not in a position to seize their properties because in many cases, these were purchased in the name of their relatives and friends.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.56.05

UK Pound

1

Rs.86.69

Euro

1

Rs.69.98

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PRL

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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